Oracle Card Reading for the 19th to 25th May 2025

Water is a powerful force, streams and rivers carve up the earth, make chasms, lakes and waterfalls, sometimes disappearing underground, all while making their way persistently and inevitably to the ocean. And they all begin with rain, pooling, collecting, flowing and growing, moving obstacles out of the way, or bypassing them and making them irrelevant to the journey.

Rain is so cleansing, it washes away dirt and dust, clears the air and refreshes the earth. It makes up a vast part of our bodies and is vital to our existence, without it we will die.

The magical element of water is all about our emotions. When we feel sad, and also sometimes when we're happy, we cry, releasing water as our tears. This helps us release the pressure we are feeling. It is a great blessing to be able to cry, as it reduces stress and pain.

This card asks us to do some cleansing and releasing, of emotional baggage, shame or guilt that is not ours, but placed on us by other's expectations and standards, or for things that happened in the past that we have learnt from but still carry around. Forgiveness is healing and freeing. Love yourself enough to start this work and clear the "dust" of who you were and cleanse your spirit.

Just being near natural water sources can be healing and refreshing. If you can, visit the coast and watch the waves coming and going, sit by a stream or river and watch it flowing, or by a pond or lake and sit with its stillness. Let the water soothe you, cast your worries and baggage into it and feel the healing power cleanse you.

If you can bear it, stand in the rain! Even standing under an umbrella listening to the rain on the canvas above you is healing, watching the raindrops landing, splashing through puddles. Be like a child again for a while and immerse yourself in the power and pleasure of the natural world.

You can also use baths and showers in your cleansing rituals. Have a long soak in a bath, scrub yourself down and let all your baggage run out with the bathwater. Have a shower and pretend you're under a waterfall, visualise the water running through your body as well as over it and taking away negativity. Ceremonially wash each chakra area to cleanse and rejuvenate your spiritual body and meridians. Use your bathroom to restore balance to your spirits as well as your body.

All this healing work improves your present, emotionally and physically and sets you up for a better future. All it takes is some focused intention and the magic of water.